Comments on: Aha! Emacs 23! http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/2009/04/aha-emacs-23/ Notes on Math, Computer Science & Programming Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:39:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aartist http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/2009/04/aha-emacs-23/comment-page-1/#comment-1949 Aartist Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:39:31 +0000 http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/?p=327#comment-1949 Really wonderful features, unknown to me. One I like is about find-file: I can just type p.org and it will give me all files with p.*org with M-x find-file (rather than ido or something like that). Really wonderful features, unknown to me.

One I like is about find-file: I can just type p.org and it will give me all files with p.*org with M-x find-file (rather than ido or something like that).

]]> By: Ashutosh http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/2009/04/aha-emacs-23/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Ashutosh Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:34:23 +0000 http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/?p=327#comment-1693 @Ashish: Try putting the following lines in your .emacs file (if you don't have one, create one in you $HOME directory on Mac/Linux, or your %HOME% dir on Windows and define an environment variable so that HOME points to something like c:\home etc.) (require 'font-lock) (global-font-lock-mode 1) (setq font-lock-maximum-decoration t) (setq font-lock-maximum-size nil) Relaunch reader and see if that works. I don't know if even that is required any more these days, but I have those settings and it works for me. @Ashish: Try putting the following lines in your .emacs file (if you don’t have one, create one in you $HOME directory on Mac/Linux, or your %HOME% dir on Windows and define an environment variable so that HOME points to something like c:\home etc.)

(require ‘font-lock)
(global-font-lock-mode 1)
(setq font-lock-maximum-decoration t)
(setq font-lock-maximum-size nil)

Relaunch reader and see if that works. I don’t know if even that is required any more these days, but I have those settings and it works for me.

]]> By: Ashish http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/2009/04/aha-emacs-23/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Ashish Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:22:15 +0000 http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/?p=327#comment-1691 Wondering if u can help me with this.... Am trying to get C++ syntax high lighting work for emacs 23. Tried various things. Couldn't make it work.... Any suggestions !!! Wondering if u can help me with this….
Am trying to get C++ syntax high lighting work for emacs 23. Tried various things. Couldn’t make it work….
Any suggestions !!!

]]> By: Ashutosh http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/2009/04/aha-emacs-23/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 Ashutosh Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:48:35 +0000 http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/?p=327#comment-1558 @David: Very interesting! I never know about this window splitting change. And with almost two years of use I never faced this. Not once. I guess you need a very wide window for that or emacs just knows my taste! Good hack though :-) @Brad: Backgrounds or other "neutral" objects behind a text window (emacs or console) are probably okay. But if there's another text-ful of window (like a browser or a terminal) behind a emacs session, it just looks very distracting. Anyway, I think it's a matter of preference after all. @David: Very interesting! I never know about this window splitting change. And with almost two years of use I never faced this. Not once. I guess you need a very wide window for that or emacs just knows my taste! Good hack though :-)

@Brad: Backgrounds or other “neutral” objects behind a text window (emacs or console) are probably okay. But if there’s another text-ful of window (like a browser or a terminal) behind a emacs session, it just looks very distracting. Anyway, I think it’s a matter of preference after all.

]]> By: David Fox http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/2009/04/aha-emacs-23/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 David Fox Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:27:52 +0000 http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/?p=327#comment-1557 Although line-move-visual is a significant change, for me the biggest change is the new window splitting behavior, which is restored using (setq split-width-threshold most-positive-fixnum) Although line-move-visual is a significant change, for me the biggest change is the new window splitting behavior, which is restored using (setq split-width-threshold most-positive-fixnum)

]]> By: Brad http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/2009/04/aha-emacs-23/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Brad Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:24:31 +0000 http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/?p=327#comment-1546 "But I don’t think anyone would have long emacs sessions with a transparent frame — it hinders visibility and is distracting" I spend 8+ hours a day coding with a transparent background and have done so since long before emacs added this feature. I rely on the terminal emulator to do the transparency. I have my desktop background rotate every 30 min, giving me something fresh to look at at all times. Wouldnt say it's in any way distracting, as long as you set the opacity correctly. “But I don’t think anyone would have long emacs sessions with a transparent frame — it hinders visibility and is distracting”

I spend 8+ hours a day coding with a transparent background and have done so since long before emacs added this feature. I rely on the terminal emulator to do the transparency. I have my desktop background rotate every 30 min, giving me something fresh to look at at all times. Wouldnt say it’s in any way distracting, as long as you set the opacity correctly.

]]> By: Anonymous coward http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/2009/04/aha-emacs-23/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Anonymous coward Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:17:39 +0000 http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/?p=327#comment-1508 Thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful and entertaining review. Thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful and entertaining review.

]]> By: Clint http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/2009/04/aha-emacs-23/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Clint Wed, 06 May 2009 10:21:06 +0000 http://ashutoshmehra.net/blog/?p=327#comment-115 Thanks for the great review. I'll be trying some of this today. Thanks for the great review. I’ll be trying some of this today.

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